David Pitt
Fifty years on: the battle to elect Britain’s first black MP
Dr David Pitt’s experience is now largely forgotten. It shouldn’t be.
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Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
In defence of Lara Bird
There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
A rare interview proved a delight
Eavesdropping on two intelligent people sharing a civilised conversation about interesting things
Murders for July
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A magnificent navy on land
The state of the British Armed Forces triumphantly vindicates Parkinson’s Law
At a loose end
We are making young adults un-ready for work
Deciphering the royal dress code
Fashion, in royal hands, became a form of branding
By the by-elections
Do not expect major surprises or lasting change as a result of the latest Scottish by-elections
A Laboured response
Keir Starmer and his advocates are all out of ideas
Spaceships, ghost ships and sheep
The secret sauce of Project Hail Mary: it’s a laugh
The missing variable in the masculinity crisis
The literature on masculinity ignores the most obvious factor of all: a steady, civilisational fall in testosterone
A day out at Unite the Kingdom
Tommy Robinson’s latest demonstration was a peculiarly hammy affair
Keep the state out of sex
Bureaucracy should not be allowed into the bedroom